Happy (American) Mother's day, all you mothering-types! Here's some photos and words from my day:
After a rather too leisurely breakfast and paper-reading session (if such a thing is possible on a Sunday morning), I had to get myself in gear. First up was baking this cake. I've had some almond meal in my cupboard for a while now, and I'd been meaning to make a pear cake with it -- Mother's Day seemed like a good excuse!
I can recommend the recipe, although I baked mine in a 20cm tin (roughly) instead of 25, and the timing and temp wound up being a bit crazy. After 40 minutes at 325F (the temperature the recipe states, although I knew I should have trusted my gut that it was too low!), I turned the oven up to 350 for ten minutes, and then up to 375 for another TWENTY minutes. Luckily, it doesn't seem to be any worse for wear -- not too dry on the outside or underdone in the middle.
Gifts for my mom. The cake, a vase of lilacs from my garden, rhubarb from the farmers market, and a funny little woven bookmark-y thing. I found a little bead loom from when I was growing up, so I've been playing with weaving, using embroidery floss.
Lunch at Ember's. It was just my mom and I, and we ordered the same thing! After lunch, we went -- along with my dad -- to see the new Star Trek movie. I really enjoyed it. The jumping-to-warp-speed effect has gotten even more awesome. Bam!
Back at my parents' house, we checked on the baby bunny that the dogs found the other day. It's been back in its nest, and it seems alright, but there hasn't been a sign of the mother rabbit having been back. Maybe it's just really careful about putting the twigs back exactly right. You know, maybe.
Also, I thought I would mention that, as I was driving to my parents' this morning, I saw a woman walking a poodle with its five very-tangled-up poodle puppies. A nice Mother's Day sight.
only because i am going to worry about this little rabbit now I will comment. Once you have put your scent on a baby rabbit it is very unlikely that the mother will come back. : (
Happy mothers day :)
I have baby buns too. The mum only feeds twice a day...so she can do it quite covertly.
Thanks for your concern, Cindy, but that's actually a myth!
Is the baby bunny for me? I have carefully worked out a reason why I should have it. My reason is: ZOMG Cute!
The food looks delicious! and the bebe bunny so cute!
I stumbled on your blog somehow - it's very nice! I was an intern at a wildlife rehab and here's a trick for telling if Mama rabbit has abandoned her nest: place string over the nest in a star pattern. The mother rabbits are usually very close by but don't stay with the nest because predators can smell Mama but not the babies (for a while at least, or I think that's how it goes). She checks on them, though. If the string is undisturbed after a day or so - I'd get baby to a wildlife rehab (call local animal control or a vet, they might know where).